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I like it when numbers get counted and go up more. I don't like the words though.

Million
Billion
Trillion
Quadrillion
Quintillion
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
Nonillion
Decillion

These words make numbers feel less clear to talk about. If I tell you I have a billion billion, you might guess this is a quadrillion, because bi means two and quad means four and I have two of the twos so that should be four? It isn't. A billion billion is one quintillion. Why did two twos make a five?

A billion billion billion is one octillion rather than one sextillion l guess you can look at it and say that kind of makes sense, since two to the third is eigth, but then why was billion billion a quintillion and why is a billion billion billion billion an undecillion?

Is there some algorithm that determines English names for numbers?

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>>15191099
I am not in any military. I wanted to go in the Space Force so I can use the Space Computer to make research, but they didn't let me join.

I learned standing sleep in college. I got to go in a program and they made me do it but I don't remember what the goal was.

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>>15152646
>expecting people to act like Norrington on 4chan
This always confuses me. If you want to be around normies, go literally anywhere else on the internet. The entire internet has been ruined to cater to normies. Why request that one of the very few remaining corners of the internet that hasn't been totally ruined by normies start behaving as though it has been?

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